All medicines can cause side effects. HRT medication can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. The following diseases have been reported more frequently in women taking HRT compared to women not taking them:
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Breast cancer
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Abnormal growth of the lining of the uterus or uterine cancer (endometrial hyperplasia or cancer)
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Ovarian cancer
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Blood clots in the veins of the legs or lungs (venous thromboembolism)
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Heart disease
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Ictus
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Probable memory loss if HRT is started over 65 years
The following side effects may occur with this medicine:
Very common (may affect more than 1 in 10 patients):
Please see the patient information leaflet for more side effects and information about Evorel Patches.
Evorel comes as an adhesive patch that must be used continuously until it is time to replace it with a new one. Your Evorel patch needs to be replaced twice a week (every 3 to 4 days), which is generally best done on the same two days of every week (like Monday and Thursday)
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